wonderful, especially indians and motels link.posted by willie11 at 10:00 AM on November 11, 2007

good stuff. more reason to develop economic theories of preference development, since the work we (can) do in the present effects not only what future work we can do but what choices are economically "rational" to us as consumers.

also, this "economic geography" field offers more evidence, if you needed any, that humans, even economic humans, act in collectives and "communities" as much as/more than they act as individuals. [the Economist be damned.]posted by eustatic at 11:10 AM on November 11, 2007

also, Given the history of the development of slave labor based on race in the US (white servants allowed guns, blacks not, and all the rest), and the suppression of labor movements on the basis of class; is it at all surprising that people have used (ever-shifting) racial categories as a basis to organize themselves?

inspired by the patel hotel cartel articleposted by eustatic at 11:17 AM on November 11, 2007

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